Daniele Formica


Daniele Formica was an Irish-Italian actor, voice actor, theatre director, playwright and television personality.
Formica was best known for portraying comical characters in various Italian comedy films in the 1980s as well as his roles in the theatre. He also appeared in the 1980 variety comedy television show :it:A tutto gag|A tutto gag.

Biography

Born in Drogheda, County Louth, in Ireland, the son of Wilson Formica, an Irish violinist and Eugenia Ravasio, an Italian maid, Formica studied at Trinity College, Dublin, then made his stage debut in the early seventies in Rabelais by Jean-Louis Barrault.
In 1973 he moved to Italy where he joined the stage company of the Teatro Stabile dell'Aquila with whom he acted in Maschere by Carlo Goldoni; in those years he made his first appearances in films and TV dramas. He obtained his major successes in the 1980s, taking part to a number of important TV shows, then, from the 1990s, he focused on theatre.
As a voice actor, Formica made several voice acting appearances in at least three Pixar films. He voiced Randall Boggs in the Italian dubbed version of Monsters, Inc. as well as Gilbert Huph in the Italian dubbed version of The Incredibles.

Death

On February 1st 2011, Formica died in Bassano del Grappa in Veneto at age 61 of pancreatic cancer.

Filmography

Cinema

Animation